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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the fight between the Wife of Bath and Jankyn resolved?
(a) It wasn't.
(b) He proposed to her.
(c) They divorced.
(d) They came to an agreement.

2. Who ultimately wins Emilie's hand?
(a) Palamon.
(b) No one; she remains unmarried.
(c) Theseus.
(d) Arcite.

3. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?
(a) He remembers the event from a town he once lived in.
(b) He was once a carpenter.
(c) He was once a parish clerk.
(d) He was once an astronomy student.

4. Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Sir Gawain.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

5. Who tells the Franklin to go on with his tale?
(a) The Knight.
(b) The Squire.
(c) The Host.
(d) The Prioress.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Sultan baptized?

2. What does Dorigen see that makes her nervous about her husband's safety?

3. What does Absalom get from the blacksmith?

4. Who is Dorigen?

5. In the Clerk’s Tale, how old is the king's son when he is taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the friar in the Summoner's Tale corrupt?

2. What does the Cook like about the Reeve's Tale?

3. Why is the Wife of Bath's Prologue so long?

4. What is comedic about the Reeve's Tale?

5. Why does the Man of Law tell a story he heard once before?

6. What is the significance of Lady Constance's name in the Man of Law's Tale?

7. What could be considered controversial about the Wife of Bath's Tale?

8. Why is the friar in the Summoner's Tale ironic?

9. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

10. Why is it fitting for the Squire to begin the tale that he does?

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